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Locksmith help east of the Anacostia River

Historic Anacostia's frame houses, the hilltop detached homes of Hillcrest, garden apartments in Congress Heights and Bellevue, and Deanwood's mix of old and new: three ZIPs and a wide range of front doors.

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Flat illustration of a two-story garden apartment block with a shared entry under a coffered vault

01 Street level

Garden apartments, frame houses and hilltop streets

Wards 7 and 8 have a large share of the District's garden apartment complexes. These are two- and three-story buildings around a shared entry, where the hall door, the unit door and the mailboxes may each belong to someone different. Tenants should start with the property manager for anything shared.

Historic Anacostia, around Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE and Good Hope Road, has 19th-century frame and brick houses with old doors that respond well to careful servicing. Hillcrest and Penn Branch, up the hill, are mostly detached houses with driveways.

Deanwood and Benning, in 20019, mix early 20th-century frame houses with newer townhouses. Car calls are common along Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road.

02 Typical calls

What callers in 20020, 20019 and 20032 usually need

  • Unit-door lockouts in garden apartment buildings
  • Rekeys after buying or inheriting a house
  • Old door hardware serviced in historic Anacostia
  • Car lockouts on Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road
  • Deadbolts on detached houses in Hillcrest
  • Mailbox locks in small apartment buildings

03 ZIPs covered

ZIP codes in the East of the River hub

ZIPWhat it is
20020Residential: Anacostia, Hillcrest, Fairlawn, Randle Highlands, Penn Branch, Twining, Barry Farm
20019Residential: Deanwood, Benning, Marshall Heights, Capitol View, Lincoln Heights, Fort Dupont area
20032Residential: Congress Heights, Bellevue, Washington Highlands, the St. Elizabeths area

04 Questions

East of the River: questions

I rent in a garden apartment and locked myself out. Do I call the manager or a locksmith?

Try the manager first; many keep a unit key. If nobody answers, a locksmith can open the door once you show you live there, but check your lease before changing any lock.

I inherited a family house. Where do I start with the locks?

Rekey every exterior door. Nobody knows how many keys went around over the years. Then check the back and basement doors for deadbolts.

Can an old frame-house door be made more secure without replacing it?

Usually. A longer strike plate screwed into the frame, a good deadbolt and a new cylinder make a large difference.

05 Services

Work a dispatched locksmith can take on

06 Hubs

All fifteen neighborhood hubs

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202-753-3643. The trip charge is read out first and the locksmith confirms the full estimate at the door.

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